noun
- a factory or establishment where silk is reeled from cocoons
- the process of reeling silk from cocoons
Usage: technical
Usage: technical
Examples
- The old filature had been operating for over a century.
- Workers at the filature carefully extracted silk threads from the cocoons.
- The filature process requires precise temperature control.
- Many traditional filatures have been modernized with new equipment.
- She learned about filature techniques during her textile studies.
- The village’s economy depended on the local filature.